Inspirational Thoughts on the Parsha

We connect to Hashem through Torah and Mitzvos, creating an energy flow between our Neshama and Hashem. With each individual Mitzvah, a different connection is established. When one of those connections is damaged, we must do Teshuva - reaching a deeper part of our Neshama that’s beyond damage to correct the areas that have been affected. When that is complete, we then reach an even deeper level o...

Hashem values the contribution and hard work of man, to make the world a better place. Every year on Rosh Hashanah, when we blow the shofar, we draw down all the energies and revelations that we need for that year. However, this year the first day is going to be Shabbos and we don’t blow the shofar, however, the holiness of Shabbos accomplishes everything that needs to be accomplished. Then, on th...

Although Hashem already made a covenant with the Jewish people by Matan Torah, 40 years later, He makes another one, as they’re about to enter the land of Eretz Yisroel. The first time He made it just with their soul, and that was enough to sustain them, however, the second time it was also with their body. This was because they were about to embark on a new life, where they would have to deal wit...

There are two parts to our “Parnasah“, our sustenance. The first is called “Geshamim” (rain), which represents the blessing of Hashem from above. The second is called, Parnasah (livelihood) which represents our participation and work. In the Gemara it states that even the key to Parnasah, our participation, comes from Hashem; because even with our participation, we should recognize that in actuali...

When we build a new home, we must put a railing on the roof for protection. In our day-to-day life. This represents each one of us is commissioned to building a new reality around ourselves, something that was never there before to change ourselves, and those around us, in order to do this properly we must build a railing of protection around our haughtiness and our pride. It is only then that we...

There are two parts to giving Tzedakah. One is the physical action of helping and giving the poor, the other is the attitude behind it to give with an open mind and a open heart, both are referenced in this weeks Parsha in two different Psukim. In a deeper sense they reference two types of Jews one jew gives because Hashem will give him back, another gives with no motive only because he opened his...

When our relationship with Hashem is in a way that we keep the ‘Eikev’ Mitzvahs, seemingly the less important Mitzvahs, with the same commitment and with the same passion as the ‘Rosh’ Mitzvahs, the more important Mitzvahs , that displays a very deep relationship with Hashem. The word Mitzvah is etymologically derived from the word tzavsa (connection). Therefore there is no difference between a se...

Describing the power of the voice (sounds)of Matan Torah, the Medrash says that the voice was so powerful that it had no echo. Normally sound travels until it hits an object that blocks it, and then it bounces back. However, at Matan Torah it was similar to the time of Moshiach where the physical and spiritual merge together, thus there was no physical item to block the words of Hashem. Rather,it...

There was a unique power that the Jewish people possessed in order to be able to conquer the two kingdoms of Sichon and Og. Those kingdoms were extremely powerful nations. In addition, they had the power of unity. However, the power of unity that the Jewish people displayed was far greater than the unity of the kingdoms of Sichon and Og. Those kingdoms were comprised of individuals who united only...

Life is not just about the destinations, but is primarily about the Journey - where we don’t stay stuck in one place doing the same thing all the time, but rather are constantly growing in a major way. Even when we reach our destination, we know that ultimately we must move on. Even more than the journey itself, sometimes we are able to completely disconnect ourselves from all the past limitations...

It is a time of crisis or a dire situation. There are many people present who are doing nothing to assist . At such a time, don’t think to yourself that if the great, capable or smart individuals are doing nothing , then who am I to act? In this week’s Parsha we learn that in actuality, this may be the very reason why you’re in this situation and nobody else is doing anything; it is so that you ar...

The Para Aduma was specifically connected to Moshe Rabbeinu. The ashes of his para was mixed into the other ashes and only he received the reasoning behind this mitzvah. The Chazal say that the Para Aduma forgives for the Eigel. Since the Eigel brought death to the world and the para removes the idea of death, it therefore purifies somebody who touched a dead person. Being that Moshe represents th...

As Moshe is walking towards the tent of Korach and his people to inform everybody standing around to move away as Hashem is about to wipe out Korach. It says that when Moshe walked towards Korach he made sure to carry himself with royalty causing the elders who saw him to all follow along creating a big entourage, he did it in order that maybe this would awaken an awe and humility within Korach an...

Just like by Naaseh V'nishma, as important as the Nishma is to understand what you’re doing and that it should makes sense to you, however it must be based purely on the Naaseh following exactly as you’re told,so when Moshe sent spies, even though he wanted them to use their own mind in searching the land the idea of Naaseh, but at the end they deviated from their shlichus , and they completely re...

What is the real meaning of the very powerful saying “it’s never too late“ . It is not only all of the things we feel that were missed opportunities that we can make up for them and do it now. It is also those opportunities that maybe we feel are not so important to us, like to help somebody that at that moment, we’re not really in the mood to help. We should recognize and realize maybe that’s the...

Just like we have 613 limbs that draw energy, so too we have 613 Mitzvos that are spiritual limbs that draw the energy of the Nashama, and when we lack in doing a Mitzvah then that limb becomes weak and we must regenerate energy from the essence of the Nashama through doing Teshuvah, and realizing what we did, and that we must stop our ways and reconnect to Hashem, Being that it has to be complete...

One of the major accomplishments of Shavuot was Hashem called us a kingdom of priests. What does it mean to be a king? That you are aloof from the rest of the nation and you don’t have to work, and that you are provided with everything. So too, Hashem gave us the Torah and he lifted us above all the other nations, and beyond the whole system of nature, and therefore when a Jew does Torah and Mitzv...

We need you. When Hashem counts Jewish people, it’s to show his love for us and that deep down we’re all the same, special and holy. However in this weeks, Parsha, we counted the Jews separately according to their Shevet focusing more on the individual and unique service to Hashem, how each Shevet was unique in their way of serving Hashem. If we are focusing on the unique service that everyone has...

How can we both be strong and bold overcoming our challenges, a real mountain, yet at the same time be submissive and given over to Hashem . Regardless if we understand His Mitzvos or not, this is the name of our two Parshas בהר בחקתי. The idea is that true submission to Hashem is not that you have to fight and force yourself to do what He wants, but that you search for the truth and want to conne...

We must train ourselves that everything we have, any success we have is all from Hashem. That is the reason why we are not allowed to eat the new harvest until we bring the first of the harvest as a Karbon to Hashem. It’s actually a two stage process, the first being prohibited from eating the new harvest until we bring the first as a Karbon training ourselves to recognize that everything is from...

A Jew is a Jew, no matter how he behaves because his bond with Hashem is like a son, that no matter what he’ll do he’ll always be a son however, when we come down to this world, our relationship with Hashem must be through Torah and Mitzvos, This bond is expressed primarily with the Mitzvahs of loving your fellow Jew as yourself, the only way to be able to do that properly is by being able to look...

The meaning of punishment is not to hurt somebody, but the cleanse him, and give him time to reevaluate his life and to start a new, just like the Metzora who speaks Lashan Hara, where originally his house gets afflicted if he doesn’t get the message, then his clothing, and eventually himself where he gets sent out of the community, giving him time to reflect, and think about his life, reevaluate...

You can only really shine when you make someone else shine. The light of the menorah is compared to Torah, which has to be constant like Torah, a person might think just sitting and learning Torah by myself that’s enough to connect me to Hashem and I don’t have to deal with the rest of the world, or with other people,however, the light of the menorah can only be taken from somewhere else from the...

What is a Karbon? every Jew can connect with Hashem through Torah and Mitzvahs and when he does a sin, he sever the connection. It is through a Karbon that we reveal a deeper connection that is higher than Torah and Mitzvahs as being Hashem‘s children. Why is it that it’s specifically through a physical action of Karbonos we access such a deep relationship? It is being that through a physical acti...

On the one hand we’re told that were part of a collective whole the Jewish people,yet on the other hand, we’re told that every person is a world for himself,which one is it and can they coexist? This weeks Parsha tells us just like building of the Mishkan, that a bunch of parts and vessels that came together to make one holy Mishkan for Hashem to dwell in, but yet every part of the Mishkan had the...